User:Ashokgogoi/Dhumuha Aru Ramdhenu

ASSAM OF MY DREAMS ASHOK GOGOI Narrating something about one’s own dream or aspiration is not always as easy as seen so casually. But still the native land Assam is so nearer and dearer that sitting without writing about the dream that I see regarding the land is impossible. Today’s bright dreams are the ultimate truths of the near future. There is no confusion in saying that the land of Assam is superior for each and every person’s needs. Our native land can fulfill each and every need in the field of 1. Society 2. Culture 3. Business and commerce 4. Medical 5. Technology and many more……

But still these resources have remained a stock, i.e. we people are unable to use and access these. Searching for the reason we may get- 1. Lack of self-understanding and faith. 2. Craze for personal profit in high scale by doing lower level works. 3. Lazy behaviours. 4. Narrow mentality etc. We all should remember while going ahead that our lovely native land can only satisfy the need of the people, not the greed. Many philosophers already saw many dreams. Many poets already wrote many poems, many singers already sang many songs regarding their dreams of Assam. But till today no such efforts are seen at the hands of the people of Assam to transform these dreams to reality. Those dreams remained dreams and are forgotten by the people themselves. Respecting those dreams further dreams can be narrated with a hope of transforming Assam to a golden one as sung by legend Dr. Bhupen Hazarika. Firstly, each and every person must become alert and sound enough against the ongoing chaos in Assam morally, physically, economically and socially. Everywhere today people are shouting for rights, solutions of their problems and what not. Some groups become violent and even are killed at the hands of law keepers, i.e. police etc. Is this our dream for Assam? No, my dreams regarding Assam are something more. We want peace not in our ministers and official’s campus. We want peace to prevail in everyone’s house and courtyards. Assam is presently surrounded by problems all around. These problems have led to those protesting groups. Perhaps each and every file in each and every office need legs to run from table to table and these legs are to be provided by the common people. Even today the schools have also started business and call them donations instead of bribe. If there is problem in the society or a particular

place, then the system to solve that, i.e. from officer to officer, minister to minister is so long that till the problem solves, the problem itself ends. This is the present condition of Assam. Yes, we must say Gandhiji was wrong in giving us independence without making the mind of the people independent. Without framing the morality of our country he gave us independence. Our country became our own and came nearer to us but the people went far away. If one tries to improve himself and go up in a particular region there will be another in that same region to pull him down and restrict him from improving. Such a land is our Assam. If there is a person saying that between two days there is a night and so life is bright, then in that same area another person will be saying that between two nights there is a day and so our life is in darkness. Such negative mentality people are still living in our native land and till such people remain we are sure we can’t transform our dreams. We have to see for such an Assam where everyone is positive enough to tackle any problem with bright solutions. Such an Assam I dream of. Secondly, let us see some more facts of Assam regarding politics and society. In our society today we have many people who want to enjoy their life only with the existing ways by only sitting and doing nothing. Such facts are advantageous for the political leaders today since in that same society there are many people who will cast their vote for any political leader at the cost of Rs.500 or something else nearer. So my dreams are to eliminate all these illegal deeds and make the holy land a suitable one for living. Thirdly, let us go for the geographical and environmental significance of Assam. A group of environmentalists and medical recourse persons came for a research and concluded that 80% of the plants of Assam are medicinal. Another group of scientists came and concluded that the people of Assam can be included in the list of fools because of their ignorance to the valuable recourses of Assam. In search of some plants the scientists use to come to Assam and the people of Assam in front of them easily without hesitating cut out those valuable plants. Really, we the people of Assam are lacking far behind. Yes, our Assam is valuable enough but only the land, not people. My dream is to make Assam valuable both by capital and labour improvement. The utilisation of the recourses is not properly known to us even. Instead of utilising those in valuable ways, we people directly want to get profit. For example, instead of utilising the plants for useful purposes today people directly like to get the profit by selling woods. Our land is enough for satisfying the needs, not the greed. So, my dream is to make Assam bright by making people dependent on their efforts, not by nature’s direct help. Fourthly, we can see our dreams to reach the top with the help of agricultural efforts. But unfortunately in Assam despite of having a good agricultural base we can’t make any good production other than tea. Many farmers of Assam use to do cultivation of paddy not with full interest but because they don’t have any other means to earn and are bound to do so. Fifthly, we can see the field of education. Today also in rural areas, when students become ready to go for school, parents instead of asking about books, they ask about

the plate for the mid-day meal. That is students are more interested in the food rather than the study. Government does something for the benefit but still the people of Assam are unable to utilize the facilities in order to get a positive result. We must keep in mind that till we ourselves don’t become positive, our results can’t be positive to make us happy. And till we don’t become happy, our dreams regarding Assam will not be happy. Sixthly, we can see that when the New Year’s calendars use to come to our hands we people first of all see the holiday list. If any holiday falls on Sunday we instead of being happy that one day is saved, we use to regret a lot for loosing a holiday. In this way really we can’t improve at all and also can’t make a golden Assam. Seventhly, culturally and traditionally we can see that today’s children have almost forgotten the existing Assamese culture. Many children of today’s Assamese society feel bore to even hear about the Assamese tradition and culture and keep themselves away from those who respects these tradition. So my dream is such an Assam where everyone respects the Assamese culture and tries to enrich the culture by any useful means. Overall my dream of Assam is- 1. A land where each and every person are dependent on each other for every one’s benefit with a feeling of patriotism. 2. A land where every person lives with his own initiative ideas. 3. A land where everyone is honest enough for everyone’s development. 4. A land where everyone wants justice to prevail. 5. A land where all people are the friend of the environment and also can utilize the existing recourses for the development of the lovely native land. 6. A land where every children will go to have education with utmost interest. 7. A productive land in the field of agriculture. 8. A land where each and every person will go ahead to take Assam to the international level via every positive aspect. 9. A land where people have keen interest in science and technology. Overall a golden Assam. 10. Saying or writing something about the dream is always not enough. Similar efforts to transform those dreams to reality are also equally important. We shall surely one day get a shinning Assam with the dreams I see today and the combined efforts of everyone. Yes, I love my Assam, I dream a lot of my lovely native land and I want my Assam to be at the top of all, ignoring anything at any cost. That’s my final dream and we shall surely come across this a day.